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About Professional Development
Inside Professional Development
 
 
Centennial High School
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Welcome to Our Digital Professional Development Learning Environment
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Professional Development 2.0

 

Good professional development moves teachers from learning about a topic to implementing that topic.

Web 2.0 opens up a new world of professional learning in Frisco ISD!

 

Wiki's and Blogs (Available districtwide)

Wiki's and blogs helps any group, small or large, can have its own wiki—complete with blog, calendar, and mail archive—a single place where everyone on the team can stay up to date. Using the Apple Wiki Server we have created various Wiki's for communication.

Moodle (Available to all Beginning, New Teachers, and Mentors)

Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Using this CMS we have created a New Teacher Support site complete with information and online courses.

Eduphoria eCourses (Available to staff on specified topics)

E-learning involves taking a course via a computer. Using Eduphoria we have created different eCourses.

PD 360 (Available to all Alternative Certification Teachers and Administrators)

PD 360 is an on-demand library of hundreds of searchable video segments on the topics most relevant to Texas teachers and administrators. 

Podcasts (Available Periodically to all site visitors from the Home Page )

A podcast is a series of digital media files, usually digital audio or video, that is made available for download via web syndication. Using PodBean we have created periodic announcements for staff.

Professional Library eBooks (Available to all staff via the Professional Library)

An e-book is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book, often protected with a digital rights management system. We have purchased several ASCD ebooks from Gale.